i got a tnt and some dvs kenyns sp? 4 christmas i am yet to try them ive walked in the river wit new shoes and they drain so easily my feet were frozen water is so cold! once folsom opens im going out the first day possible which should be in a few weeks cant wait!

I pulled my skates out to play with em a little the other day I can't wait to start skating again This should be a good year I'm super stoked. I'm gonna pull the winch out pretty soon to get it ready we have a power plant cooling lake close by and the water never gets below 65 so we're gonna start REALLY soon

right now.. working(ish) i am glad to see a little life in the skate thread though. up here in the northwest we have been able to get out every couple weeks at least. dry-suite. a short set on friday, another on sat. @ Koppert Lake. as far as boards. i am curious about the arson as well as when they will be able to get those out. i enjoyed my omen and think the new stuff looks good. i would really like to get an integ. but cant justify the cost yet. (or Mutiny) so im on a LF for now. and the omen sometimes. still having a "B" of a time w/ kick flips..

I'm planning on getting the Arson concave as soon as it's available and also a Verge bi before the end of the year. I got a Devotid Passion at the end of the season last year and I never got much of a chance to ride it so I'm stoked about that too

I've heard great things about the Omen so I'm stoked to try out the Arson if it comes out this year. lol I'm going with an Oak Horan here soon as my concave for the year and I have an Onset as my bilevel but I'm thinking of trying something smaller on the bi side of things... Anyone wanna trade?

I am really stoked on wakeskating right now. Im never not stoked on it but i keep getting more and more pumped. everytime i ride i have more fun then the last which seems impossible. im heading out tomorrow and cant wait. i really want to land a switch 3 shuv tomorrow. i was getting so close last time i rode.

i dont planning on buying another skate this year because i am in love with my board, but i would love to try the 39.5 nic harlos board from sattelyte. the shape looks so good and i know they make the most durable wood concave out.

i have never heard good things about the omen. from being on wakeskating.com from the time they were planned (2004-2005) to now you will see the pattern of everyone wanting to try one, but as soon as they get it they sell it. the omens have a bad 5 stage rocker that plows through the water and and pops really weird. there is only one person i know that rode one for more then a year and he still talks crap about the board. ask anyone thats ridden it (that isnt a team rider) and they will tell you.

i have a feeling arson is going to be a bunch of hype like the omen. but hopfully people like it this time.

it makes it rotate faster and smoother. the front foot will throw it off axis, and this isnt wakeboarding so off axis is never a good thing, haha. if you watch snap or the book for wakeskating aaron reed mentions to only use your back foot to spin the board.

I have the same problem I seem to always land with my feet really close together. Sometimes I can ride it out but half the time I just kinda bounce off the board. I've been working on it a lot so hopefully I'll be landing em more consistently this season

thats what im trying to do. some days i have it and some days i dont. today was one of the days where i did not have it. i rode like crap, but still had the best time ever.

but after you learn a trick you should always learn it switch after or at the same time. i believe in steps. i try to perfect things before moving on. i dont skip steps. after i get switch 3 shuvs ill have every trick i can do both ways (besides lip combos)

I really want to expand on my flip tricks, and get better riding switch and on Rails.

I was sickeningly close to V-Flips at the end of the year, and I know it's only a matter of time before I get a Backside Flip after that.

I suck at riding switch. I'm just going to get that out there. So I really want a consistant switch Frontside/Backside shuv, and I would LOVE to learn a switch 3 shuv (But I'd settle for getting close).

ok, Hey just a quick question it's a little off topic, i'm ok with video cameras but not an expert, if you were filming from the boat would a fish eye lens look good for filming the rider? or just look like crap?

you should try and hitch a ride to northern california in early may for the Norcalwake.com convergence. there a bunch of guys from socal that car pool up for it and i bet if you could get to palm springs or san diego you could get a ride up.

We always do two. One in the spring and one in the fall. We try to go before the normal riding season for most people starts. The first one will be in early may, but the dates have yet to be picked. Its a Fri-Sun thing. And it will be at Camp Far West which is near Wheatland, Ca (near sac)

Aaron, that would be awesome if you could make it. I think you will find that it will be worth it.